Imperial County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

4,997

3.51%

96.24%

Three Races

183

0.13%

3.52%

Four Races

7

0.00%

0.13%

Five Races

5

0.00%

0.10%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

3,141

2.21%

60.50%

2.

White and American Indian

441

0.31%

8.49%

3.

Asian and Some Other Race

383

0.27%

7.38%

4.

White and Asian

363

0.25%

6.99%

5.

American Indian and Some Other Race

198

0.14%

3.81%

6.

Black and Some Other Race

176

0.12%

3.39%

7.

White and Black

135

0.09%

2.60%

8.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

56

0.04%

1.08%

9.

Black and American Indian

45

0.03%

0.87%

10.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

31

0.02%

0.60%

11.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

29

0.02%

0.56%

12.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

25

0.02%

0.48%

13.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

21

0.01%

0.40%

14.

American Indian and Asian

21

0.01%

0.40%

15.

White and Black and American Indian

21

0.01%

0.40%

16.

Black and Asian

19

0.01%

0.37%

17.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

18

0.01%

0.35%

18.

White and American Indian and Asian

15

0.01%

0.29%

19.

White and Black and Some Other Race

12

0.01%

0.23%

20.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

8

0.01%

0.15%

21.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander